To be fair having one of the world's biggest economies and one of the world's most widely spoken languages is not the same thing as having one of the world's biggest publishing industries or one of the world's largest reading public. Portugal has a healthy literary culture but may not be a good business proposition for Lulu. Amazon is different.

Unfortunately you lost the point. Portugal has a a historical cultural background but Brazil IS one of the biggest economy in the world. The company that will not take profit of the present development will be a loser. But this is not a forum to political discussion it is a place to suggest and to developped Lulu`s operations. This is my last message on the subject.

Please be competent: "Just create your book in Portuguese" before answering read the documentation for publishing e-books at lulu; the rules indicate that only books in English or Franch may be published as e-books!

My morning newspaper reports Brazil overtaking the UK as the 6th largest economy.
However to return to your original point in my opinion it's not only a Lulu rule that currently requires the content of eBook EPUBs to be in the English language.

Please be competent: "Just create your book in Portuguese" before answering read the documentation for publishing e-books at lulu; the rules indicate that only books in English or Franch may be published as e-books!

You did not mention ebooks ... however, my statement still stands. You can publish a PDF, wich is not the same as a 'Lulu' epub.

I arrive late to this thread but JosePalazzo has a good point here. Offering Lulu's site in Portuguese (and providing eBooks) will open Lulu.com to a public of 236 million speakers all around the world, not only in Brazil and Portugal but also in Africa (9 countries in total). That is no small market. Portuguese language has a strong literary tradition and produces lots of content publishable as books and eBooks.

How can this be overlooked? I have an answer: most people in the US and Europe believe that Brazil speaks Spanish! As such, it is usually thought that by offering a service in Spanish you are reaching all of Mexico, Central America and South America... ignoring that half of the population of South America is actually Brazilian and speaks Portuguese, not Spanish. That is almost 200 million people.

And no, not many people in South American countries speak English. Try going to the street in Peru, Argentina, or Brazil and ask for an address in English....

There is currently no POD option in Portuguese that can be compared in quality and price to Lulu. This is a golden oportunity for Lulu to expand.

Although we made the effort to move into the Portuguese market, we were unable to procure a print partner who could fulfill print on demand orders. We will continue to explore the possibilities in the future.